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Press release: Department of Health to launch Saving lives: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection

16 Jun 2005

Tackling hospital acquired infections will take a step forward today when Sir Nigel Crisp,  Chief Executive of the NHS and Chris Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer launch Saving Livings: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection.

The launch will be at the Department of Health stand at the NHS Confederation Annual Conference at 3.30pm.
Saving Lives is a toolkit to help acute trusts implement 5 high impact interventions.  They are:

• reducing the risk of microbial contamination in everyday practice
• reducing the incidence of catheter related bloodstream infections
• reducing the incidence of surgical site infection 
• reducing the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia
• reducing the incidence of urinary tract infection related to indwelling urethral catheters.

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Notes for editors

1. The NHS Confederation represents more than 90% of the organisations that make up the NHS throughout the UK. Its members include the majority of NHS trusts, foundation trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; NHS boards and special boards in Scotland; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.

Contact details

Contact Head of Public Affairs Sarah Jones on 020 7074 3300/07768 546 753

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